Randall Munroe is the author of the popular webcomic xkcd and the science question-and-answer blog What If. Randall was born in Easton, Pennsylvania and grew up outside Richmond, Virginia. After studying physics at Christopher Newport University, he got a job building robots at NASA Langley Research Center. In 2006, he left NASA to draw comics on the internet full-time, supporting himself through the sale of xkcd t-shirts, prints, posters, and books. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach. Very long walks. Lots of people say they like long walks on the beach, but then they get out on the beach and after just an hour or two, they say they're getting tired. Bring a tent. He lives in Massachusetts.
发表于2024-12-24
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
一些無厘頭的問題,用科學與幽默的方式來回答,坦白說,讀完會有些收穫,卻又不怎麼營養,也不見得完全正確。它令我想到另一本經濟類別書籍 ~【親愛的臥底經濟學家】,幽默居多,實用其次,正確與否,就別計較。重要的是,在莞爾一笑外,啟發些思索。
评分默默的给五星 感受如下 一是这些提问问题的人脑洞为什么这么大书中罗列的那些五花八门 奇奇怪怪的问题 充斥着各种不切实际 异想天开 甚至有可能造成人类灭绝 地球消亡 宇宙崩塌 这些问题幽默 搞笑 却又耐人思考 可能以现在人类的能力无法完成实现 只会引人发笑 但是 凡尓纳写鹦...
评分谁小的时候没有过荒唐的想法? 我就曾经有过很多。 比如能不能拿着伞当降落伞啊。但直到深长大到高中,却都不曾摸过真正的伞。因为我们那里是北方,干旱,雨水少,风大,伞基本上没鸟用,大家都穿雨衣,所以我也就没有了亲自实践的机会。 但在铁轨上尿尿会不会被电着小鸡鸡...
评分图书标签: 科普 长知识 英文原版 2016
From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have an enormous, dedicated following, as do his deeply researched answers to his fans’ strangest questions.
The queries he receives range from merely odd to downright diabolical:
• What if I took a swim in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool?
• Could you build a jetpack using downward-firing machine guns?
• What if a Richter 15 earthquake hit New York City?
• Are fire tornadoes possible?
His responses are masterpieces of clarity and wit, gleefully and accurately explaining everything from the relativistic effects of a baseball pitched at near the speed of light to the many horrible ways you could die while building a periodic table out of all the actual elements.
The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with the most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? is an informative feast for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.
阅读的是Houghton Mifflin Harcourt的kindle版,豆瓣有两个重复条目
评分还行吧,作者有点刻意卖弄的感觉
评分阅读的是Houghton Mifflin Harcourt的kindle版,豆瓣有两个重复条目
评分阅读的是Houghton Mifflin Harcourt的kindle版,豆瓣有两个重复条目
评分5月20日下的单,啃到前天才读完。不是特别吸引人,毕竟是科普没有剧情,但作者已经写得非常有趣,漫画的幽默总是让人会心一笑。英文版看不懂的地方有不少,很多词词典查不到,有些幽默的部分和提到人名地名的部分,由于文化差异很难有共鸣。选择回答的问题可能大多适合美国人脑洞大开的口味,我个人的话看完之后受到震撼留下印象的信息很少。感觉这本书对综合知识和数理基础深厚的或者科学从业者来说会更有启发和趣味。
What If? 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书